<s>
Autodesk	B-Application
Animator	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2D	O
computer	O
animation	O
and	O
painting	O
program	O
published	O
in	O
1989	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Animator	O
and	O
Animator	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
supported	O
FLI	B-Application
and	I-Application
FLC	I-Application
animation	O
file	O
formats	O
,	O
while	O
Animator	O
Studio	O
also	O
supported	O
the	O
AVI	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Animator	O
was	O
particular	O
strong	O
in	O
Palette	B-Data_Structure
based	O
editing	O
,	O
effects	O
(	O
like	O
Color	B-Device
cycling	I-Device
)	O
and	O
animations	O
a	O
favored	O
technology	O
in	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
indexed	B-Data_Structure
CGA	O
and	O
VGA	O
graphics	O
modes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
other	O
DOS	O
software	O
from	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
Animator	O
was	O
not	O
restricted	O
by	O
the	O
640	B-Device
kilobyte	I-Device
conventional	B-Device
memory	I-Device
limitation	O
as	O
it	O
utilized	O
a	O
DOS	B-Device
extender	I-Device
by	O
Phar	O
Lap	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Animator	O
's	O
combination	O
of	O
twenty	O
tools	O
multiplied	O
by	O
twenty	O
inks	O
,	O
3D	O
'	O
optics	O
,	O
'	O
unparalleled	O
palette	B-Data_Structure
handling	O
,	O
custom	O
fonts	O
and	O
many	O
other	O
useful	O
features	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
its	O
own	O
internal	O
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
POCO	O
)	O
,	O
put	O
it	O
many	O
years	O
ahead	O
of	O
better	O
known	O
animation	O
tools	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Animator	O
originates	O
back	O
to	O
its	O
author	O
's	O
Jim	O
Kent	O
earlier	O
program	O
Cyber	O
Paint	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
.	O
Jim	O
Kent	O
evolved	O
in	O
1989	O
his	O
software	O
into	O
Animator	O
for	O
Gary	O
Yost	O
's	O
"	O
Yost	O
Group	O
"	O
for	O
80286	B-General_Concept
PCs	B-Device
with	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Animator	O
was	O
then	O
licensed	O
to	O
Autodesk	O
,	O
who	O
published	O
the	O
software	O
as	O
Autodesk	B-Application
Animator	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
1991	O
,	O
the	O
successor	O
Animator	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
was	O
released	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
significant	O
improvement	O
of	O
allowing	O
almost	O
any	O
resolution	O
and	O
color	O
depth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
1995	O
released	O
Animator	O
Studio	O
was	O
a	O
complete	O
re-write	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
,	O
but	O
was	O
not	O
anymore	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Yost	O
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
trademark	O
for	O
"	O
Autodesk	B-Application
Animator	I-Application
"	O
,	O
filed	O
on	O
December	O
18	O
,	O
1989	O
,	O
expired	O
on	O
July	O
21	O
,	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jim	O
Kent	O
kept	O
copyrights	O
to	O
the	O
300,000	O
lines	O
source	O
code	O
base	O
of	O
Animator	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
,	O
and	O
allowed	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
made	O
available	O
publicly	O
under	O
the	O
open-source	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
license	I-Operating_System
in	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
256	O
color	O
Animator	O
version	O
for	O
DOS	O
is	O
also	O
provided	O
as	O
a	O
freeware	B-License
download	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
some	O
initial	O
code	O
review	O
porting	O
to	O
modern	O
platforms	O
was	O
started	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
April	O
2014	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
assembly	B-Language
language	I-Language
source	O
code	O
had	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
platform-agnostic	B-Operating_System
C	B-Language
code	O
and	O
SDL	B-Operating_System
was	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
target	O
back-end	O
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1989	O
Animator	O
won	O
PC	B-Device
Magazines	O
"	O
6th	O
Annual	O
Technical	O
Excellence	O
Award	O
for	O
Graphics	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
video	O
game	O
developers	O
used	O
the	O
software	O
for	O
intros	O
and	O
other	O
animated	O
sequences	O
in	O
their	O
games	O
,	O
for	O
instance	O
Formula	B-Application
One	I-Application
Grand	I-Application
Prix	I-Application
(	O
1991	O
,	O
MicroProse	O
)	O
,	O
Cannon	B-Application
Fodder	I-Application
(	O
1993	O
,	O
Virgin	O
Interactive	O
)	O
and	O
Jazz	B-Application
Jackrabbit	I-Application
2	I-Application
(	O
1998	O
,	O
Epic	O
Games	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Animator	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
,	O
though	O
,	O
was	O
by	O
far	O
the	O
most	O
useful	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
exceptionally	O
fast	O
compared	O
with	O
today	O
's	O
animation	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
worked	O
so	O
well	O
and	O
had	O
enough	O
of	O
an	O
impact	O
,	O
that	O
it	O
convinced	O
James	O
Cameron	O
that	O
CGI	O
could	O
create	O
a	O
character	O
in	O
his	O
next	O
film	O
,	O
Terminator	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Judgment	I-Application
Day	I-Application
;	O
Autodesk	O
did	O
advertisement	O
with	O
this	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
also	O
books	O
written	O
about	O
Animator	O
for	O
instance	O
"	O
Inside	O
Autodesk	B-Application
Animator	I-Application
:	O
The	O
Complete	O
Guide	O
to	O
Animation	O
on	O
a	O
PC	B-Device
"	O
by	O
New	O
Riders	O
Publishing	O
in	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
